St. Johns

History

The location was originally called Tsézhin Deezʼáhí in Navajo, a reference to its rock formations. St. Johns has been the county seat for almost all of Apache County's history. When the county was created on February 24, 1879, Snowflake was designated the county seat. After the first election in fall 1879, county government was set up in St. Johns, though it was moved again in 1880, to Springerville; in 1882 St. Johns again became the county seat, and it has remained so ever since.

Geography

St. Johns is located in the White Mountains in northeast Arizona. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and , or 0.68%, is water. The climate is cold semi-arid (BSk) with cold, dry winters and hot summers with relatively greater precipitation via erratic thunderstorms. Large diurnal temperature variations are typical, so that warm days are often followed by freezing nights.

Race & ethnicity

Largest nearby schools

• St Johns Middle School
  Middle · St Johns · 340 students · 17:1 ratio
• St Johns High School
  High · St Johns · 317 students · 16.7:1 ratio
• Coronado Elementary School
  Elementary · St Johns · 290 students · 22.3:1 ratio
• St. Johns Learning Center
  High · St Johns · 18 students · 18:1 ratio
• NAVIT - Northland Pioneer College STJ
  High · St. Johns · 5 students
• NAVIT - St. Johns High School
  High · St Johns